Postponed vs Deferred - What's the difference?
postponed | deferred | Synonyms |
Of or pertaining to delay of an action.
Of or pertaining to yielding to someone else's decision or judgment.
(accounting) Of or pertaining to a value that is not realized until a future date, e.g. annuities, charges, taxes, income, either as an asset or liability.
(defer)
Deferred is a synonym of postponed.
As verbs the difference between postponed and deferred
is that postponed is past tense of postpone while deferred is past tense of defer.As adjectives the difference between postponed and deferred
is that postponed is done later than originally planned; delayed while deferred is of or pertaining to delay of an action.deferred
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- requested a deferred payment